CVE-2026-7374

A flaw was found in KubeVirt's virt-handler component. This vulnerability allows an authenticated OpenShift user with edit permissions in a single namespace to exploit improper symlink validation when connecting to virtual machine console sockets. By replacing the console socket with a symlink to...

CVE-2026-7374 Kubevirt: kubevirt virt-handler: privilege escalation and node compromise via symlink following vulnerability

A flaw was found in KubeVirt's virt-handler component. This vulnerability allows an authenticated OpenShift user with edit permissions in a single namespace to exploit improper symlink validation when connecting to virtual machine console sockets. By replacing the console socket with a symlink to...

EUVD-2026-31824

A flaw was found in KubeVirt's virt-handler component. This vulnerability allows an authenticated OpenShift user with edit permissions in a single namespace to exploit improper symlink validation when connecting to virtual machine console sockets. By replacing the console socket with a symlink to...

Symlink Attack

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Symlink Attack via improper validation of symbolic links in the virt-handler process. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to privileged Unix sockets on the host by replacing a virtual machine console socket with a symlink to a...